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Skills Training

You are new to mountain biking or want to improve your skills? Join our training sessions and you are sure to learn new skills swiftly with the right doses of fun. Go visit Breakawayrides.com to book your session.

 

 

 Time
  • Tue-Sat 09h00-18h00
  • Weekly group and private sessions
 Cost

Note: We do offer transport to trails. Pick up in Sea Point; R100 petrol allowance)
  • Private lessons R990 for 2 hours
  • Group sessions (2 pax) R790 per person/2 hours
  • Group sessions (3+pax) R690 per person/3 hours
  • Kids Clinics (2+pax) R410 per child/2 hours
  • Kids Clinics (4+pax) R360 per child/2 hours
Beginner
Level 1-2: 

Important! Don’t wear cleated shoes. Wear takkies and fit flat pedals to better concentrate on the skills training.
  • If you are new to mountain biking, this is for you! You have absolutely no riding experience and/or little base fitness. Or You are comfortable riding very easy single trail but you don’t know how to handle switchbacks (tight corners), and any obstacle in the way. 
  • You learn: Getting to know your mountain bike | Bike safety & maintenance | Learning the ‘attack position’ and dynamic weight shifting | Correct gear selection | Effective braking | Negotiating small trail obstacles incl. A-frames, bridges, rocks, roots, smaller drops | Bike Balancing | Bike-body-separation | Vision and Mind | Pumping | cornering foundation

Intermediate
Level 3-7:

  • You have been riding for more than a year and are confident on most easy trails but still nervous in root and rock gardens, smaller drops, switchbacks and berms. 
  • You learn: Front wheel lift, manual, wheelie | Rear wheel lift | Negotiating rock gardens, sand, roots | Fast cornering flat bends and berms Cornering on gradient | Switch back practice | Learning to jump small drop offs, steps and ramps in control

To book your session contact katja@breakawayrides.com or call 0827955878.

We want to use our passion for the sport as a platform to create awareness of and support Qhubeka and World Bicycle Relief in their mission to mobilize children with bicycles. Please join us by donating R40 for each lesson you are taking with us. Follow this link to make your contribution: Qhubeka

 


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